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EP 0 704 530 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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29.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/52 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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03.04.1996 Bulletin 1996/14 |
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Date of filing: 04.08.1995 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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CH DE FR GB LI |
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Priority: |
04.08.1994 JP 201582/94
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Applicant: NITTO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. |
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Tokyo (JP) |
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Inventors: |
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- Yu, Fuji
Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa 227 (JP)
- Kato, Mami
Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa 235 (JP)
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Representative: VOSSIUS & PARTNER |
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Siebertstrasse 4
D-81675 München
D-81675 München (DE) |
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Remarks: |
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The applicant has subsequently filed a sequence listing and declared, that it includes
no new matter. |
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A kanamycin resistance gene derived from microorganisms of the genus rhodococcus |
(57) The present invention relates to a DNA derived from microorganisms of the genus
Rhodococcus and conferring kanamycin resistance on hosts with a DNA sequence coding for the amino
acid sequence of Sequence No. 1 or a polypeptide containing a partial sequence thereof.
The kanamycin resistance gene of the present invention is useful to construct vectors
for microorganisms of the genus
Rhodococcus, particularly vectors for self-cloning of
Rhodococcusrhodochrous.